Cool (district of Rotterdam)

Cool
Neighborhood of Rotterdam
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
COROP	Rijnmond
City	Rotterdam
Borough	Centrum
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Coordinates: 51°55′10″N 4°28′32″E / 51.91944°N 4.47556°E / 51.91944; 4.47556

Cool is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands in the Centrum borough. It is enclosed by the Weena in the north, the Mauritsweg and Schiedamsedijk in the west, Vasteland in the south and the Coolsingel in the east.

History

The name Cool is first found in 1280. In 1816 the independent municipality of Cool was annexed by the city of Rotterdam. During the Rotterdam Blitz in 1940 much of the district was destroyed but some streets survived such as Oude Binnenweg and Witte de Withstraat.

Places of interest

Coolsingel, a busy street on which the City Hall and the old main post office are located.
De Bijenkorf, a department store.
De Doelen, a concert venue and convention centre.
Lijnbaan, a pedestrianised shopping street opened in 1953.
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
WORM, a cultural centre.

References

Subdivisions of Rotterdam
Boroughs	Centrum Charlois Delfshaven Feijenoord Hillegersberg-Schiebroek Hoogvliet Hook of Holland IJsselmonde Kralingen-Crooswijk Noord Overschie Pernis Prins Alexander Rozenburg
Neighbourhoods	110-Morgen Afrikaanderwijk Agniesebuurt Bergpolder Beverwaard Blijdorp Bloemhof Boomgaardshoek Bospolder-Tussendijken C.S. kwartier Carnisserbuurt Cool Crooswijk De Esch De Veranda Delfshaven Dijkzigt Feijenoord Groenenhagen-Tuinenhoven Groot-IJsselmonde Heijplaat Het Lage Land Hillegersberg Hillesluis Homerusbuurt Hordijkerveld Kandelaar Karl Marxbuurt Katendrecht Kiefhoek Kleinpolder Kleiwegkwartier Kop van Zuid Kralingen Kralingseveer Kreekhuizen Landzicht Liskwartier Lloydkwartier Lombardijen Meeuwenplaat Middelland Middengebied Millinxbuurt Molenlaankwartier Molièrebuurt Nesselande Nieuw Engeland Nieuw-Mathenesse Nieuwe Westen Nooddorp Noordereiland Ommoord Oosterflank Oud-Charlois Oud-IJsselmonde Oud-Mathenesse Oude Noorden Oude Westen Oudeland Overschie Pendrecht Prinsenland Provenierswijk Reyeroord Rubroek Sagenbuurt Scheepvaartkwartier Schiebroek Schiemond Smeetsland Spaanse Polder Spangen Sportdorp Stadsdriehoek Struisenburg Tarwewijk Terbregge Varenbuurt Vondelingenplaat Vreewijk Waalhaven Westpunt Wielewaal Witte Dorp Zalmplaat Zenobuurt Zestienhoven Zevenkamp Zomerland Zuidwijk

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